Grim Dawn - A Long Development Journey

Grim Dawn is an action RPG in the Diablo/Titan Quest/Path of Exile mold, but differs in a few significant areas. Players begin as one of six Base classes: Soldier, Demolitionist, Occultist, Nightblade, Arcanist and Shaman. At level 10, players may optionally add a secondary class. With 25 skill upgrades per class, splitting points between main and secondary skills and choosing which to equip to the hotbar can be daunting. All classes — including the melee classes — include some sort of magic augmentation or abilities. As in many ARPGs, most of the classes are fun and viable choices, and the diversity really comes into play when assembling a multiplayer party. The casters are very powerful; the melee classes require a little more patience, although melee combat itself feels very satisfying.

In Grim Dawn, loot is everywhere: dropped by enemies, found in crates and barrels, in random piles and in tree stumps. It seems like every monster, zombie, giant insect, and witch is hoarding coin and potions and equipment. It sounds like heresy to complain, but there might simply be too much stuff, and a lot of it is trash that still requires at least a cursory glance. At least early on, inventory space is limited so a lot of time is spent in management. The crafting and equipment upgrade systems are excellent and most weapons and armor can be upgraded in the field by the use of gems and other found items. There are 250 crafting recipes that can be collected.

Originally Posted by Xian
I backed this in 2012 and at that time it was supposed to have been complete by August 2013. I am glad that they are finally getting close to the end. I could have played this on Steam Early Access already but held off. Most games I just play though a single time so I wanted to wait until it was completed.

Originally Posted by Xian
I backed this in 2012 and at that time it was supposed to have been complete by August 2013. I am glad that they are finally getting close to the end. I could have played this on Steam Early Access already but held off. Most games I just play though a single time so I wanted to wait until it was completed.

Originally Posted by rune_74
You can play it now…it is basically done.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
I recall reading the developer had a few personal problems after the funded kickstarter two years ago. Since then progress was slow but steady.

After playing the last Bea Build for a while the long wait was worth it.

Two other RPGs that had similar delays were Dead State or Age of Decadence. Man it was a long wait to finally play those two games after many years of development.

Yes it's content complete now but still getting bug-fixes. The game should be getting few expansions in the future also. Hopefully those don't take three years to develop.

Originally Posted by crpgnut
I've played it a few hours already (186).

Originally Posted by jpnole
Best thing since D2.

Originally Posted by Aubrielle
The game is amazing as is, but I personally am hoping to see some cosmetic fixes before release…(namely, smoothing out the interface some).

Originally Posted by crpgnut
I've played it a few hours already (186).

Originally Posted by They Live
I also own the game since a lot (can't exactly remember when i bought) and played it for 160+ hrs. It is amazing : nice build variety, more layers of customization and tons of shiny loot. I'm happy with it, now they are working on ultimate difficulty rebalance.
@Brumbek How is d3 amazing now? I played it since launch in all its different incarnations but i believe this will be the first season i won't play. It's the same old song : new bis set that you can aquire in 2 days then paragon farm to death. Plus that high grifts lags is horrible and never been fixed afaik.

Originally Posted by crpgnut
Nothing to add to this, just wanted to say Welcome Aboard, They Live!